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Symptoms for patients with the gastrointestinal disease IBS improved as much by eating less sugar and starch as for those who followed FODMAP – the diet currently recommended to patients. The results, presented in a new study from Lund University in Sweden, also show that weight loss is greater and sugar cravings are reduced among those who follow the starch and sucrose-reduced diet. Bodil Ohlsson

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cutting-out-sugar-and-starch-effective-ibs-current-recommendations - 2026-06-17

From the Vice-Chancellor’s blog: For several years, Lund University and many other stakeholders within the sector and beyond have been calling on the Government to alter and simplify immigration legislation and its regulations for researchers and doctoral students. Sweden and its universities are competing in a highly competitive international study and labour market, and there have been far too m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-immigration-rules-researchers-and-doctoral-students-welcomed - 2026-06-18

On Friday 26 September, David Bazan Royuela successfully defended his doctoral thesis in sociology at the Eden Auditorium. The research offers new insights into how we interact with algorithms on platforms like TikTok. The thesis titled Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops explores how every like, skip, or watch on TikTok sends signals to the platform’s

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/tiktok-algorithms-and-feedback-loops-new-thesis-david-bazan-royuela-explores-digital-interactions - 2026-06-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. PORTRAIT. Michael Edgerton is a composer, world citizen and since the summer of 2019, Professor of Artistic Research at the Malmö Academy of Music. How come you decided to apply for a job in Sweden and move here?- In 2002, I began to work with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and then later ensemble Ars Nova, and the Stock

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/unusual-sounds-complex-contexts - 2026-06-17

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at the Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?My research is called “Plastic Extension of Music” and it's q

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/if-your-music-was-sculpture-what-would-it-look-meet-bertrand-chavarria-aldrete-find-out-more - 2026-06-19

From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with stories based on real situations which students must solve in collaboration. April 2019 was high season for ca

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2026-06-16

EAT-Lancet-kosten är en modell för hur det globala livsmedelssystemet ska förhålla sig till planetens begränsningar samtidigt som folksjukdomar som typ 2-diabetes kan förebyggas. Men hur ska vi veta om dieten verkligen fungerar? Genom att studera sju kostindex har ett internationellt forskarlag funnit att två av dem är särskilt bra på att utvärdera följsamhet till kosten. Välfungerande kostindex b

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/forskning-banar-vag-hallbara-kostrekommendationer - 2026-06-15

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Fetmaoperationer är den mest effektiva och på sikt enda hållbara metoden för kraftigt överviktiga att gå ned i vikt. 15 års uppföljning visar att ingreppet räddar liv, dramatiskt minskar insjuknandet i diabetes samt att många som har diabetes blir botade av ingreppet. Den svenska studien Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS)

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/operationen-som-forhindrar-och-botar-diabetes - 2026-06-15

Forskare vid Lunds universitet visar i en studie att kraftig övervikt, obesitas, ökar risken för fler cancerformer än vad man tidigare känt till. Resultaten visar på samband mellan obesitas och risken att utveckla 31 olika cancerformer eller subgrupper till cancerdiagnoser. Kraftig övervikt, även kallat fetma eller obesitas, är en kronisk sjukdom som ofta kräver långsiktig behandling och som även

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kraftig-overvikt-kopplas-till-okad-risk-31-cancerformer - 2026-06-18

Digitala trygghetslarm, medicinrobotar och digitala lås är vanliga lösningar på äldreomsorgens växande resursutmaningar. Men hur upplever användarna själva tekniken de får i sina hem? En ny avhandling från Samantha Svärdh, doktorand i forskargruppen Tillämpad Gerontologi vid Lunds universitet, visar att välfärdsteknik framför allt bidrar till deras trygghet. I en enkätstudie med drygt 400 hemtjäns

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/valfardsteknik-ger-trygghet-men-inte-alltid-ett-aktivt-och-delaktigt-liv - 2026-06-18

The John Molson MBA International Case Competition is a prestigious business case competition with teams from around the world, the world’s largest of its kind. During six days in January, 30 teams of highly skilled MBA students, gather in Montreal, Canada. The competition follows a round-robin format (where each team meets every other team), featuring seven engaging business cases. Open to elite

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-proud-we-are-great-achievement-our-students-international-case-competition - 2026-06-16

The number of patients with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Along with diabetes, the illness is now one of the fastest-growing endemic diseases in the world. Andrea Dell’Isola, an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University in Sweden, investigating the connection between osteoarthritis and metabolic diseases in a new research project. Ar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/we-are-getting-older-and-heavier-osteoarthritis-increasing - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using machine learning and optimisation to find refugees’ new homes can significantly improve their chances of finding work within three months, according to new research. The international collaboration, conducted by researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Lund, Sweden as well as the Worcester Polytechnic Insti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-ai-improve-refugee-integration - 2026-06-19

A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently published in Nature. Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, MDC1A, a progressive genetic disease

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-06-19

Walking is probably more cognitively demanding than you think. Magnus Lindh-Rengifo defends his thesis about walking aspects in neurodegenerative disorders on December 16. Read about his experiences as a Ph.D student at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “Walking capability can be a key feature to being able to participate in meaningful activities in your daily life. Meeting patients with neu

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/walking-neurodegeneration-phd-interview-magnus-lindh-rengifo - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Giving up research has never been an option for Ronald Kröger, professor in biology with a specialisation in fish lenses and dog noses. “I conduct research with all of my heart!” He is, however, at least as dependent on his brain – and it has really suffered. It is nearly five years since the Saturday morning when Ron

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2026-06-19

We expect a change in labour legislation that comes into force on 1 October this year. What is happening in the autumn is that general fixed-term employment, which is all fixed-term employment including hourly, but not temporary employment, disappears as a form of employment and is replaced by special fixed-term employment (Särskild visstidsanställning – SÄVA). The new preferential right requires

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/labor-legislation-will-change-autumn - 2026-06-19

Today it was time for PhD-student William Son Galanza's half time review. He presented his work "AGE-TECH: Technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities in and out of the home while ageing".  His research project focus on technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities, in and out of the home while ageing. With the support of the research group Applied Gerontology, the pr

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/half-time-review-about-age-tech - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Alzheimer’s disease seems to progress faster in women than in men. The protein tau accumulates at a higher rate in women, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. The study was recently published in Brain. Over 30 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease worldwide, making it the most common form of

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/women-accumulate-alzheimers-related-protein-faster - 2026-06-19

Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What has been the biggest success of the Paris Agreement so far?I would say the biggest success is that the UN has succeeded in keeping its central role in global cl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks - 2026-06-17